Wireless Installation - Package 1

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Once you’ve signed up for Package 1, with PolkaSpots Broadband and have received your Wi-Fi Hotspot Kit, you may need some help setting the system up. Our Hotspot boxes come pre-configured, so installation is simple. Follow the instructions below to get started!

If you have signed up for Wi-Fi Hotspot Package 2, have a look at this thread; Wireless Installation - Package 2

Out of the box, everything should be connected already. All you should need to do is connect the power and telephone line!

1. Unpack your Wi-Fi Hotspot box making sure everything is in there. You’ll find some marketing materials, Pre-paid WiFi Internet Vouchers, stickers, user guides, a silver or orange PolkaSpots Wi-Fi Hotspot box and a broadband modem (usually Netgear or Zyxel).

2. We’ve already connected everything as it should be. Plug the telephone cable into your main telephone socket. You will notice that we have attached a filter to this cable. You will need one of these for every phone socket that has broadband on in your location.

3. Connect the power supply to a mains socket and turn socket on. After about 10 seconds, verify that:

a. The test light is NOT lit
b. The broadband link light is lit and is green
b. The power light is lit

Carefully unpack the white box that contains your PolkaSpots WiFi Hotspot box.
Connect the power supply to a mains socket and turn socket on.
Wait about 10 seconds and make sure that:
a. The power light is lit
b. The WLAN light is lit

4. Connect the bright yellow Ethernet cable that is already plugged into the white Netgear
modem into the WAN port on the Wi-Fi Hotspot box. Make sure the WAN light on the Wi-Fi Hotspot box is lit.

5. Wait for 5 minutes before checking the connection with your laptop. If you do not have one on site, you can call us up to see whether we can see you responding on our system.

Follow the instructions here to get online. Staff get free access too - just call us up and we’ll tell you how to get online.

Simon Morley @ November 9, 2007